Andrew gets time to settle before going into action

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IF THE newly created job as elite rugby director to the RFU was one that seemed tailor-made for Sir Clive Woodward, it is also brilliantly suited to the ambitions of the successful candidate, Rob Andrew. But the union was at pains yesterday to point out that this will not involve the new man waving a magic wand over the flagging holders of the Webb Ellis Cup.

Andrew’s brief is so wide that England’s four autumn internationals, for example, are almost the least of his immediate concerns. Francis Baron, the RFU chief executive, said it would take Andrew at least three